Neck-yoke



. To aZZ whom, if may concern.-

- UNITED STATES- NECK.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN EDGAR, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.l

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 376,868, dated January 24, 188.8,

Application inea March o, ies-1.

Beit known that I, JOHN EDGAR, of Roch ester, in the county of Olmstead and .State ofV4 Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Neck-Yoke@ of which Vthe following is a specitication.

My invention relates to devices for yattaching neck-yokes to the pole and the pole-straps to the neck'yokes; and the object I have in view is to provide means by whichtheseparts may be quickly and readily secured together vin such manner that it will be impossible for them tobecome accidentally ydet-ached, while permitting them to be readilyv detached when desired.

Theinvention consists, generally, in the construction and combination hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6" are views showing the invention as applied -in securing the neck-yoke toa carriage-pole.

Figs. 7 and Sillustrate the invention as applied in securing'a pole-strap to a neck-yoke. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of aneck-yoke having m improvement applied thereto.

In all ofthe figures, 2l vrepresents the portion of the neck-yoke or pole that forms a fixed axle or spindle, and 3 represents the portion of the strap that forms a hub and ts upon said spindle and is adapted to rotate thereon. Y

5 is a lug or projectionk extending substau' tially at right angles to the spindle 2, and in position to engage the strap after it has been placed on the spindle and givena partial rotation thereon.

In Figs. l, 4, 5, and 6,2 represents thespindle, which is in this instance a portion of the pole of a carriage, and has a projectinglug, 5, on its lower side.

6 represents aportion of the neck-yoke which is provided with a short strap, 3, which has an opening that tits upon the end of the pole. This strap in this instance is the hub that tits upon the spindle and rotates thereon. The. neck-yoke is also lprovided. with an auxiliary strap, 4, that is provided with an opening, 3, which is capable of passing kover the lug or projection 5 when the neck-yoke is below the pole, as shown in Fig. 4. The neck-yoke strap 3 is placed on the end of the p ole, with the neck-yoke below the pole, as shown in Fig. 4,

serial Nu. 230,223. (No model.;

andy is slipped onto the pole untiltheopening 8 in the strap 4 is carried over the projection ""5, when the strap is given a partial rotation upon the spindle,'and thereby brought intothe position shown in Fig. l. The projectionthat is formed by the lower part of the strap 4 encounters the lug` and prevents the strap?) from slipping o the pole. It `willthen beim-y possible for the strap-to be removed from the pole until its movement has been reversed and theneck-yoke carried below the pole, which of course cannot be done while the device is f The strap 4 may be securedY tol the in use. lower part of the strap 3, as shown in Figs. 5

and 6. The operation will bet-he same as in the other case.y Thelug on the poleis received into the space between the two straps v3 and l 4, and the neck-yoke is thereby locked upon the pole. lIt is notnecessary that the ends of the pole should project as far as usual beyond the neck-yoke, and in many instances Iprefer to cut off the pole close to the strap that secures the neck-yoke to the polc,`and a shield may be secured to the strap 3 to cover theend of the pole.

a By dispensingwith the projecting end of the pole Iobviate the objection aris ing fromA the frequentcatching of the reins under the end of this pole. f This is especially desirable in connection with'harvesters or otheri farm machinery.

The straps 3 and 4 may be metal, if preferred.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the invention is applied to a neck-yoke and strap.` The neck-yoke is provided witha spindle, 2, that is secured upon a plate, 13, projecting from beneath the-yoke.

The end of the yoke forms a projection, 5, beneath which the end of the strap may project. The strap 3, which forms the hub, is placed in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7, and is placedon the spindle 2. The strap is then turned into the positionL shown bythe full lines in the same ligure, carrying its end under the lug 5, by which it is held on the spindle until turned back into the position indicated by dotted lines, when it may-be removed. f n' I claim as my invention- Y l. The combination, with the carriage-pole 2, having a projecting lug, 5, thereon, of the neck-yoke having the strap 3, provided with an'opening adapted tot upon the end ofthe ICO po1e2, and the auxiliary strap 4, adapted tobe dle substantially at right angles to the procarried past the projection-and to be engaged jeebing end of the neck-yoke, substantially as with said projection by a partial rotation of described.

the neck-yoke. In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my 5 2. The Combination, with the neck-yokehavhand this 25th day of February, 1887.

ing the strap 3, of the auxiliary locking-strap 4, for the purpose set forth. JOHN EDGAR' 3. The neekyokehaving the projecting end, In presence 01"- in combination wit-h the plate 13, secured to ARTHUR L. GOVE, xo said yoke and provided with a projecting spinl C. J. PORTER. 

